sparkless

At Zamsure, Young Buffaloes and their fellow servicemen Riflemen played to a goalless draw in a sparkless match which both sides seemed to be content with though Buffaloes needed to win to be comfortable.

Such was the sparkless nature of the game that if either goalkeeper had gone off to rest in the Woodlands stadium terraces, he would never have been missed.

sparky

Philip Osment's sparky translation briefly announces the content of each of the play's 13 episodes.

Streep has moved way beyond her reputation for mastery of wildly different accents, and is now enjoying a burst of sparky creativity in her fifties, typified by her energetic, mesmerising portrayal of these multiple personalities.

Mawdsley's production is flabby, and only highlights the play's creaky construction, but the cast are good value and make the most of the often sparky dialogue.